Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-08-08
and Capitol street a gold bracelet with
garnet set. The finder will be paid for
their trouble by leaving it at this office,
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PASSING zEPHYRs
From the out Cause Hearts to
Quake With Fear and PROSTATE Trees
And Buildings.
Last nights wind, while it did not
attain the velocity of the storm Of last
week, caused three times the destruc-
tion within the limits oil Yankton, and
all because it blew from q direction
which flung it upon the unprotected side
of the city. The weather Office quotes
the wind as blowing f~orty-fye miles an
hour, which is nine miles slower than
the other storm. This wind began rising
about nine o'clock last evening, at
which hour it apparently csme from q
clear sky and direct from tho south, and
from 9 o'cloak until 4 this morning, 1t
steadily increased in force and its
moaning could be heard even after the
large bank of clouds which sailed over
the city had disappeared in the north.
An old settler remarks that he has never
known as hard q wind in Dakota from
the south, and the signal officer reports
such winds are very infrequent. The
storm was not of short duration, but for
o half hour or more the wind blew and
roared and shrleked, tearing limbs and
branches from hundreds of trees, scat
tering lumber from lumber yards all
over the streets, and in two cases level.
ing heavy buildings to the ground.
Every body In the city rose from their
beds, and many were the anxious chances
cast to the southwark. The clouds
which accompanied the wind were of q
filmy character, and through them
the moon cast q sombre
light, which gave the scene out doors q
wlerd appearance. In south and north
bright lightning flashed and distant
thunder increased the prospects for a
rain, which did not come.
H DAMAGE.
In nearly every yard in the city where
there are trees, the wind wrought more
or less damages, breaking off limbs,
branches and twigs and often large trees.
On First street, near the old Matteissen
house. one OF the largest trees in the city
and o landmark CT pioneer days, a cot
tonwood, was broken off near the ground
and to day is being chopped by an en-.
terprising family man for frewood. The
cottonwood trees were the greatest suf-
ferers, but many fruit and other kinds
of trees and %shrubbery lie prone on the
sward.
At the pressed brick company's yards
the wind blew the shed top off one OF
the brick kilns and scattered the pieces
abroad Peter Steain's and VIM. NJ
Powers signs were torn from their fast
tening and lumber from tho several
lumber yards wes gathered from several
acres of ground. A telephone pole on
Third street was broken off and held by
the wires In the air at IN angle OF forty
five. But neal the Milwaukee depot the
wind blew herdest and the Milwaukee
coal sheds, which were to have
been moved by the section men
to another location, were picked up by
the. wind and carried about twenty fee,
to the north and laid Gown on the North
western track so emphatioally as Il
smash the sheds completely. An hoal
was consumed in clearing the wreck THU
morning, and the Northwestern trains
we're delayed accordingly. The ict
house at the pork house was blown init
kindling wood by the wind, and til,
packing company loses 5000 by the oper
elton. Besides all these, many outhouseI
were tipped over and demolished, anG
in all parts of the city there is a genera
appearance of destruction. Housewives
are agitated because of the dust which
accompanied this visitation and hus
bands were nor than usually aimabl,
at dinner to day.
The boss screen doors at the st. Oroi1